Mississippi Hasn't Elected an African American Since Reconstruction

Most people were not surprised that Republican Phil Bryant won the governor’s race last week.
But Bryant’s landslide victory over Democrat Johnny DuPree may have been another surprise.

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John Edwards Lawyers Try to Get Campaign Finance Fraud Charges Dropped

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers for John Edwards worked Wednesday to undercut the federal government's criminal case against the former presidential candidate before it ever gets to a jury.
Edwards is scheduled to be tried in January on charges that he asked two wealthy campaign donors to provide nearly $1 million in secret payments used to hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the Democratic Party's nomination for the White House in 2007 and early 2008.

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